Teaching money applications to make mathematics meaningful : grades 7-12 /: grades 7-12. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elizabeth Marquez, Paul Westbrook ; foreword by Charlotte Danielson.
• Other Names: Marquez, Elizabeth; Westbrook, Paul
• Contents: Foreword by Charlotte Danielson; Introduction; Math Locator; About the Authors; 1. Cars, Cars, and More Cars: Paying for Your Wheels; NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter; Background: Basics of Buying Cars; Teaching Example 1.1. Car Costs; Teaching Example 1.2. MPG Plus; Teaching Example 1.3. Buy or Lease; 2. Savings: Reality Check and the Difference Between Needs and Wants; NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter; Background: Basics of Savings; Teaching Example 2.1. Budgets and Savings; Teaching Example 2.2. Future Value: A Geometric Sequence; Teaching Example 2.3. Annuities: A Geometric Series; 3. Credit Cards and Debt Management: Using Credit Seems Unreal; NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter; Background: Basics of Credit and Debit Cards; Teaching Example 3.1. Calculating Minimum Monthly Payments; Teaching Example 3.2. Credit Card Payoff: A Spreadsheet; 4. Investments: The Basics and More; NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter; Background: Basics of Investments; Teaching Example 4.1. Stock Prices and Percents; Teaching Example 4.2: Analyzing Graphs of Stock Prices; Teaching Example 4.3. Statistics of Stock I: Measures of Center, Standard Deviation, Normal Distribution; Teaching Example 4.4. Statistics of Stock II: Weighted Average, Correlation, Line of Best Fit; 5. Buying a House Versus Renting: How Much Will It Cost?; NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter; Background: Basics of Buying a House and Renting an Apartment; Teaching Example 5.1. Budgeting for a Down Payment; Teaching Example 5.2. Determining Mortgage Payments: Tables, Formulas, Spreadsheets; Teaching Example 5.3. Principal and Interest Functions; 6. Taxes: How They Work; NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter; Background: Basics of Income Taxes--Federal and State; Teaching Example 6.1. Income Tax and FICA; Teaching Example 6.2. Capital Gains and Losses; Teaching Example 6.3. How Uncle Sam Uses Tax Dollars; 7. Economics: Supply and Demand, Inflation, and the GDP; NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter; Background: Economics, Supply and Demand, Inflation, and the GDP; Teaching Example 7.1. Supply and Demand Functions; Teaching Example 7.2.: Inflation and the GDP; 8. In Business for Yourself: Business Plan and Break-Even Analysis; NCTM Standards Applied in This Chapter; Background: In Business for Yourself--A Business Plan and Break-Even Analysis; Teaching Example 8.1. Starting a Business: Pro Forma Income Statement; Teaching Example 8.2. Revenue, Costs, and Break-Even Points; Selected List of Formulas; Excel Spreadsheet Hints; Money Glossary; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (168 pages)
• Subjects: 510.71/2; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States; Money -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452294179; 1452294178
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